Jo Bartosch on Rachel Rooney

[CrossPurposes]

An Unherd article on the quite frankly ugly side of the children's publishing industry.

unherd.com/2021/12/inside-the-trans-publishing-purge/

Thank you for this article.

“I was told I needed to stop tweeting about the risks to children from gender identity ideology and to remove posts on social media"

We know it's harming children but you're not allowed to say it. Cowards.

TakeClara Vulliamy, creator of theDotty Detectiveseries and daughter of the acclaimed children’s author Shirley Hughes, described Rooney as representing “an extreme ideology that explicitly targets children”

A person pushing an extreme ideology that explicitly targets children acusing those trying to protect children of doing it.

Ugh. Poor woman!! I will just have to make sure my dc pass on any Clara vulliamy books, what a nasty way to use your one life. Shame as Shirley Hughes books are endlessly delightful!

Hasn't Clara Vulliamy been very vocal on this point? Has connections to Phillip Pullman and a trans child in family, hence it's all very personal for her? But she's really gone for the jugular of any dissenters.

There need to be sanctions for people who are forcing an impact on those who are holding a protected belief.

As Rooney says, it's less cancel culture, and more ghosting, which I'm assuming is ignoring. Leaving her off lists and out of the loop.

Surely it's indirect discrimination based on a protected belief.

Good article.